NEW YORK'S FUTURE IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE

NEW YORK BEFORE THE PANDEMIC

New York is one of the leaders in inequality between working people and the ultrarich.

“Top 1 percent make 44 times more than the bottom 99 percent statewide…”

The worst inequality of any state in the nation
12 years of austerity budgets
Harsh racial disparities in education, healthcare, housing & jobs

COVID-19 MADE IT ALL WORSE

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare deep societal inequalities that have existed all along. The burdens of this virus are falling on our most vulnerable.

WHILE NEW YORK LOST MORE THAN THREE MILLION JOBS ...

3,671,729

Initial unemployment claims, March - November, 2020

NYS NUMBERS

THE ULTRAWEALTHY ARE GETTING EVEN RICHER.

Over $81 billion

Amount NY's billionaires have made during the pandemic

32 Billionaires saw their wealth go up by 10% or more.
118 New York billionaires have grown their total wealth to over $600 billion.
The richest New Yorker, Mike Bloomberg, saw his wealth rise by 6.8 billion during the pandemic.